diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 313281197ff4..9925e7e355e8 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -619,10 +619,36 @@ static int parse_reply_info_filelock(void **p, void *end,
 
 #define DELEGATED_INO_AVAILABLE		xa_mk_value(1)
 
+static int ceph_insert_deleg_ino(struct ceph_mds_session *s, u64 ino)
+{
+	struct ceph_client *cl = s->s_mdsc->fsc->client;
+	int err;
+
+	/*
+	 * Cap how many delegated inodes a single session may hold. This is
+	 * the only place that grows the count, so atomic_add_unless() bounds
+	 * it at exactly CEPH_MAX_DELEG_INOS; s_num_deleg_inos can never exceed
+	 * that.
+	 */
+	if (!atomic_add_unless(&s->s_num_deleg_inos, 1, CEPH_MAX_DELEG_INOS)) {
+		pr_warn_ratelimited_client(cl,
+			"MDS session already holds %d delegated inodes\n",
+			CEPH_MAX_DELEG_INOS);
+		return -EOVERFLOW;
+	}
+
+	err = xa_insert(&s->s_delegated_inos, ino, DELEGATED_INO_AVAILABLE,
+			GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (err)
+		atomic_dec(&s->s_num_deleg_inos);
+	return err;
+}
+
 static int ceph_parse_deleg_inos(void **p, void *end,
 				 struct ceph_mds_session *s)
 {
 	struct ceph_client *cl = s->s_mdsc->fsc->client;
+	u64 msg_deleg_inos = 0;
 	u32 sets;
 
 	ceph_decode_32_safe(p, end, sets, bad);
@@ -640,16 +666,34 @@ static int ceph_parse_deleg_inos(void **p, void *end,
 				start, len);
 			continue;
 		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Bound the number of inodes one reply may delegate.
+		 * ceph_insert_deleg_ino() separately caps the per-session
+		 * population, so this only has to stop one reply from spinning
+		 * the insert loop under an attacker-controlled len.
+		 */
+		if (len > (u64)CEPH_MAX_DELEG_INOS ||
+		    msg_deleg_inos > (u64)CEPH_MAX_DELEG_INOS - len) {
+			pr_warn_ratelimited_client(cl,
+				"MDS reply delegates too many inodes (have %llu, +%llu, max %d)\n",
+				msg_deleg_inos, len, CEPH_MAX_DELEG_INOS);
+			return -EIO;
+		}
+		msg_deleg_inos += len;
+
 		while (len--) {
-			int err = xa_insert(&s->s_delegated_inos, start++,
-					    DELEGATED_INO_AVAILABLE,
-					    GFP_KERNEL);
+			int err = ceph_insert_deleg_ino(s, start++);
+
 			if (!err) {
 				doutc(cl, "added delegated inode 0x%llx\n", start - 1);
 			} else if (err == -EBUSY) {
 				pr_warn_client(cl,
 					"MDS delegated inode 0x%llx more than once.\n",
 					start - 1);
+			} else if (err == -EOVERFLOW) {
+				/* ceph_insert_deleg_ino() already warned. */
+				return -EIO;
 			} else {
 				return err;
 			}
@@ -667,16 +711,17 @@ u64 ceph_get_deleg_ino(struct ceph_mds_session *s)
 
 	xa_for_each(&s->s_delegated_inos, ino, val) {
 		val = xa_erase(&s->s_delegated_inos, ino);
-		if (val == DELEGATED_INO_AVAILABLE)
+		if (val == DELEGATED_INO_AVAILABLE) {
+			atomic_dec(&s->s_num_deleg_inos);
 			return ino;
+		}
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
 int ceph_restore_deleg_ino(struct ceph_mds_session *s, u64 ino)
 {
-	return xa_insert(&s->s_delegated_inos, ino, DELEGATED_INO_AVAILABLE,
-			 GFP_KERNEL);
+	return ceph_insert_deleg_ino(s, ino);
 }
 #else /* BITS_PER_LONG == 64 */
 /*
@@ -1063,6 +1108,7 @@ static struct ceph_mds_session *register_session(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&s->s_waiting);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&s->s_unsafe);
 	xa_init(&s->s_delegated_inos);
+	atomic_set(&s->s_num_deleg_inos, 0);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&s->s_cap_releases);
 	INIT_WORK(&s->s_cap_release_work, ceph_cap_release_work);
 
@@ -5115,6 +5161,7 @@ static int send_mds_reconnect(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 
 	/* Serialized by s_mutex against concurrent ceph_get_deleg_ino(). */
 	xa_destroy(&session->s_delegated_inos);
+	atomic_set(&session->s_num_deleg_inos, 0);
 	if (session->s_state == CEPH_MDS_SESSION_CLOSED ||
 	    session->s_state == CEPH_MDS_SESSION_REJECTED) {
 		pr_info_client(cl, "mds%d skipping reconnect, session %s\n",
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
index 0ece4c9e3529..3c62e3c3530b 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ struct ceph_mds_session {
 	struct list_head  s_waiting;  /* waiting requests */
 	struct list_head  s_unsafe;   /* unsafe requests */
 	struct xarray	  s_delegated_inos;
+	atomic_t	  s_num_deleg_inos;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index 1d6aab060780..6ce0b771c66b 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -641,6 +641,15 @@ static inline int ceph_ino_compare(struct inode *inode, void *data)
 #define CEPH_MDS_INO_LOG_OFFSET		(2 * CEPH_MAX_MDS)
 #define CEPH_INO_SYSTEM_BASE		((6*CEPH_MAX_MDS) + (CEPH_MAX_MDS * CEPH_NUM_STRAY))
 
+/*
+ * Upper bound on the number of delegated inodes a single MDS session may
+ * hold. The MDS normally hands out a small preallocation window (the
+ * userspace mds_client_prealloc_inos option defaults to 1000) and refills
+ * it as the client consumes entries. This leaves generous headroom while
+ * bounding the CPU and memory a malformed delegation interval can consume.
+ */
+#define CEPH_MAX_DELEG_INOS		8192
+
 static inline bool ceph_vino_is_reserved(const struct ceph_vino vino)
 {
 	if (vino.ino >= CEPH_INO_SYSTEM_BASE ||